connecting the dots of life, work, and meaning
Thanks to the industrial revolution we have many great conveniences of modern life. However, it has also left us with some legacies. Namely: the fact that most of us have to work 9 to 5.
Work isn’t about showing up and sitting in one spot. It’s about getting something accomplished.
Why isn’t this true of our jobs? Why, for most of us, is attendance the factor that determines whether we were a ...
Out of all the social media platforms I use, Twitter presents me with the biggest challenge. I’m not really a 140-character, headline kind of guy. I do my best thinking in paragraphs, not clever one-liners. However, I’ve always had good traction with my (very small) Twitter audience, so I decided one of my goals for 2012 is to increase my Twitter following by 300%. That sounds like a lot, but I started with ...
This weekend my daughter was a terror. On the one hand, that’s to be expected. She’s 7. On the other hand, every parent wants a perfect stress-free kid. (And if you ever figure out how to get one, let me know!) The problem is, in the moment it’s so hard to remember she’s 7, or that what she really needs is to learn the subtle difference in adult conversations verse kid conversations. It’s frankly much easier to yell, get angry, or put her in timeout.
I wish I ...
Over the years I’ve done a lot of volunteering. Some of the roles were awesome, fun, and energizing. Others, well, let’s just say they made me wonder how soon I could head home.
As I look back I realize that my involvement in each volunteering opportunity was hit or miss. I’d sign up for something to “give it a try.” Maybe it would work. Maybe it wouldn’t. There wasn’t a strategy in how I decided where to volunteer. More importantly, however, organizations didn’t have a strategy for ...
It's tough to be number one. In fact, by math, that means only one person, one team, one organization can be "the best" at a time. Which means that if you wait to celebrate until you've reached the top, you're going to be waiting a very long time. But is this a good thing? Should we celebrate more often? What about celebrating in the midst of suffering or problems? Is it even right to celebrate if we're not the best?
That's what I explore in my new ...
